Hello again!
I'm only releasing half the chapter, so that I can see the results and if I should really continue writing this. I'll be posting the next chapter tomorrow.
I really appreciate you guys reading this and reviewing, it means a lot to me, especially since this is my first fanfic.
Also, are you guys hyped for Ed Sheeran's new album? I completely fell in love with Castle on the Hill.
So, resuming our story, Raku and Tsugumi have finally reached Chitoge's humble abode.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
*DING DONG*
Raku had just rang the doorbell, but he was still wondering about Tsugumi's position with the Beehive Gang. He wouldn't want her to be humiliated, especially in front of Chitoge. If Claude walked up to her, neither of them could do anything.
"Hey, Tsugumi," he said, "are you sure that it's okay for you to be here? I mean, you're obviously really guilty about that mission, I could see it on your face during the walk over here."
Tsugumi sadly smiled at his question.
Can he ever stop caring about me? I mean, it's not like I don't like it- Tsugumi stopped her line of thought when she noticed the Raku was waving her hand in front of her face.
"Yo, Tsugumi? You kinda spaced out there. Is everything alright?"
"Yes, of course. I'm not afraid of Claude-sama, but if anything happens, promise you'll back me up?" she asked, smiling.
"Yeah, I got your back," he said, smiling back at her.
"By the way, Tsugumi, you do know that you're still in your girl's uniform right?"
"Oh, yeah… WHAT?!" she screamed, realizing what situation she was in.
Thankfully, Claude was did not accompany Chitoge to the front gate, immediately easing both Raku and Tsugumi, thinking of how disastrous a conversation would be with Claude, especially while she was in a girl's uniform, because Claude was practically blind, even with his glasses.
How the hell can that four-eyes not know Tsugumi's a chick? I mean just look at her che- Raku immediately blushed because of the thought.
Raku was snapped out of his hot thoughts when Chitgoe had already arrived at where they were standing.
"Oy, darling, your face is a little red, are you sick?" Chitoge asked.
"Wh-what? No I-I'm fine!" Raku said, shaking his head.
Chitoge did not fully believe his words, but she decided to let it pass.
"Hmmm…" She hummed, looking at both Raku and Tsugumi, "Did you two walk together here? My, my, you aren't getting friendly with Tsugumi, are you honey? Because that would be cheating. Tsugumi! Sporting the girl's outfit, eh? I wonder what darling had to do for you to get in that."
Both Raku and Tsugumi immediately got flustered, and looked at each other's eyes.
"U-uh…" they mumbled in unison.
"I left my boy clothes back here..."
"Back here? What happened?" Tsugumi asked, tilting her head to the side.
"Claude-sama did not inform you?" Tsugumi said, a little shocked.
"Tell me what?"
Raku suddenly chimed in and said, "Well, Tsugumi kind of did something wrong, and Claude kicked her out, so she'll be staying with me until things settle down a bit."
"Oh, goodness! Well, you can get your boy clothes after school. And honey," she said, looking at Raku, "you better be a good host to Tsugumi, alright?"
"Of course, honey. You know that I'm great with Tsugumi, right?" He said, turning to look at Tsugumi.
Suddenly, he took a good hit to the gut from Tsugumi.
"-Oof!"
"I-idiot!"
The three walked towards school, bothering themselves with idle chat, with the regular teasing of the "boyfriend and girlfriend".
"Who are you calling an idiot, gorilla?" Raku shouted, irritated with Chitoges teasing.
"G-gorilla? You better keep your mouth shut before I shove you back in the dirt, dumb beansprout!" She said, also annoyed of his name-calling.
Meanwhile, Tsugumi was thinking about what the two were doing.
Aren't couples supposed to be completely lovey dovey? From my knowledge, they are supposed to have an unbreakable bond, but Ichijo Raku and Young Miss don't make it seem that way, she thought.
And why is it that, deep down in my heart, I feel an aching pain whenever Ichijo Raku is talking to Young Miss. I can't quite put it together. Maybe I should really talk to Lady Onodera during break time.
When they reached Bonyari, Tsugumi noticed that a lot of the guys were oogling at her and whispering.
"Seishirou-chan's in her girl's uniform! It's super clingy, dude!"
"Damn, she's hot."
"We must inform Shuu of this at once!"
Tsugumi blushed and looked at the ground.
Since I live with Ichijo Raku now, that means that we'll have to walk home together all the time! What if somebody sees us?! She blushed madly at the thought.
"Tsugumi-san!"
Kosaki Onodera, the cheerful girl, and according to the school's men, one of the cutest. Though Tsugumi did not know, both Onodera and Raku shared their feelings, but their problem was that they were too shy.
"Word got around like wildfire that you were wearing girl's clothes. You should've seen the guys. And wow, you look pretty spiffy. Are you ready to kick-butt in the math test today?" She said with a wink.
Everyone in Bonyari knew that Tsugumi was the best student in the entire school. Excluding conduct that is. She was constantly inflicting physical damage, especially to Raku and Shuu. Though many goody-two-shoes have reported these incidents to the teachers, neither Raku nor Shuu confirmed these allegations, mostly becaused they were scared poopless of what Tsugumi would do to them.
Looking over this, Tsugumi was also considered as the best performing student of the entire sophomore body, but she would still be the best if you factored in the higher grades. Many people turned to her for help, and she was completely fine with doing so.
Not only was she a remarkable student in grades, but she was also remarkable in making friends. She was popular among both the boys and girls for being the "Breast Goddess" for her glorious chest (nobody knew her true size, but some speculated she was either a D or an E, all they agreed on was that they were massive).
Hell, the school had an unofficial "Seishirou Tsugumi Fan Club".
Math was going to be no problem for her, though she didn't prepare for the test at all, she knew that she would be able to ace it like nobody's business.
"Of course, Lady Onodera! How about you?"
"Well," she said nervously not meeting Tsugumi's eyes, "I did a little bit of studying last night, but I couldn't help but try out the sweets my mom was making! I gained half a kilo!"
"Ugh, boys. You need to control yourself," Tsugumi chuckled, "but I'm sure you will be able to handle the test, Lady Onodera. Best of luck to you."
"You know," Onodera replied, meeting eyes with Tsugumi and smiling, "you don't have to call me so formally. Just call me Kosaki."
"Of course, whatever you wish." Tsugumi said, smiling back.
Onodera walked back to her seat which was to the left of Raku, who was meanwhile arguing with Chitoge once again.
"You can't even answer 1 plus 1 you gorilla!" Raku said.
"Ehhh? I'll have you know that gorillas are very intelligent," Chitoge replied with a matter-of-fact expression.
"Aha!" Raku smirked, "so, you have finally accept that you are a gorilla?"
"No! Shut up you dumb beansprout!"
After pondering once again about Raku and Chitoge's relationship, the test finally came.
Their topic was Calcalus, a subject which nobody liked. Tsugumi didn't like it either, mostly because it was just boring and too easy to answer, after all, she's supposed to be able to ace any college entrance exam.
It was only 5 minutes in, and she was already at the last question of the test, the 99th.
Before she could answer however, she looked behind her at Raku.
She could see that he was practically sweating bricks. Tsugumi already knew that Raku wasn't exactly an academic achiever, and the numbers confirmed that. He always seemed to be right in the middle. He would get whatever the teachers needed, if he failed a test he would pass the next one with the same margin. He was simply… mediocre.
She stopped her train thought when she noticed that he also began to look at her.
They were now staring at each other, gazing deeply into their eyes. Red meeting purple. Both were immediately flustered due to the eye contact, and whipped their heads back at their own test paper.
Tsugumi was about to answer the last question when, for some reason, she couldn't.
Her hand was shaking and she felt heat on her face. She raised a hand to it and felt cold sweat slowly making its way down.
Why the hell am I getting so flustered? I really must ask Onodera about this, but for now, focus at the task at hand.
Focus.
Focus.
Focus.
Focus?
FOCUS!
Tsugumi could not focus, so she selected the answer that looked the most fitting to the question. With this, she rested her head on her desk.
Meanwhile, Raku, who was already having trouble with the test, couldn't keep himself from getting distracted by his thoughts and the way Tsugumi looked at him.
Was it admiration? Love? Nah, I must have interpreted it wrong.
Raku hadn't noticed the fullness of Tsugumi's qualities until she had failed that mission and moved in with him. It was only the first day of sharing a room, and he had gotten to know much more about her. Her body that is. She was unbelievably soft and smooth, despite being a cold-hearted hitwoman, and he had noticed when they had cuddled together.
Eh, she started it. I didn't want to look like an ass.
He also noticed from the closeness of their bodies in bed that her lips looked incredibly soft. Her subtle heat was strangely comforting and eased Raku's muscles. He noticed her exceptional beauty and cuteness, especially when she closed her eyes when he fed her with the okayu.
Raku's thoughts were interrupted when Ms. Kyoko suddenly shouted.
"10 seconds!"
With a few gasps and moans, everyone started rushing through their papers.
Raku immediately answered the last few questions without looking at the choices. Somewhat disappointed in himself for not completing his test, he grimly handed the paper to Ms. Kyoko.
Dammit, why did she have to get in to my thoughts at the wrong place and wrong time?
"Oi, honey," Chitoge said suddenly, breaking Raku's thought, "Do you think you did well?"
"Eh, I could've done better, I guess. How about you?"
"Well, I'm pretty confident that I'll ace it!"
Good for you, then. Friggin' Tsugumi getting into my head… Wait, what?
After the Math class, Tsugumi approached Onodera, ready to ask her the question that had been pestering her since the night she slept with Raku.
Slept beside, not with! Well, technically with, but that's not the point! She said inwardly, shaking her head at herself.
She had asked Onodera to meet with her by the bench on the roof of the school.
Tsugumi arrived there first, not wanting to waste a second of not knowing the answer.
It had been around 5 minutes after Tsugumi had arrived at the roof when Onodera finally got there.
"Sorry!" she said as she sat next to Tsugumi, "I had to talk with one of the teachers about the topic of the next quiz, just to make sure I could prepare better."
"It's fine Kosaki." Tsugumi replied, smiling.
"Now what was that question you wanted me to answer?" Onodera asked, tilting her head.
"W-well," she blurted, "It's kinda embarrassing to ask, but-"
Tsugumi took a deep breath and prepared to ask Onodera the question.
"What do you call it when whenever I'm near this boy-"
"Who?" Onodera suddenly asked.
"U-uh, forget about the details!" Tsugumi repliead quickly, blushing. "What do you call it when whenever I'm near him, I feel strange but comforted by his presence, and for some reason my heart beats so fast that it hurts, and I push him away but deep down inside me I want him closer?"
There was awkward silence, and Onodera just stared at Tsugumi.
"E-er, Kosaki?"
"Tsugumi," she finally said, still staring, "Are you sure you don't androphobia?"
"Androphobia?" Tsugumi asked, confused.
Insensitives.
"Yeah, you know, the fear of men?"
"No!" Tsugumi repliead quickly, "No, that's impossible, I've dealt with a lot of men before. This specific one just make me feel like what I said earlier, I've never felt it before until I met him."
After recess break, the two headed back to class, ready to receive the results of the test that they had just taken half an hour before.
"Okay!" Ms. Kyoko shouted, "Your test results have just come in. Thank goodness that the paper scanners can check that fast, you have no idea of the struggle before they came along," she said, remembering how her hand ached every time she checked the tests of the entire class. "But anyways, that's beside the point. I am very happy with your results. Calculus is no joke, but most of you managed to pull through, but as always, a few didn't. Tsugumi-san!"
Tsugumi was startled due to the sudden calling of her name, "Uh, yes, Ms. Kyoko?"
"Don't be so startled," she chuckled, "I just need someone strong and fast to distribute these papers."
"O-of course," Tsugumi blushed, and noticed that Raku was blankly staring at her, absorbed in thought.
The hell is staring at me for? Wait- don't tell me he's looking at me becau-
"Tsugumi-san, c'mon," Ms. Kyoko called again.
Tsugumi took the papers and distributed them to the students in an orderly manner. Obviously, she looked at the papers quickly before handing it to them, and their reactions were exactly as she expected them to be. They got the scores they usually do, so not much people had rash reactions, some sighs and inner hip-hip-hoorays, but nothing out of the ordinary.
When she had reached Marika Tachibana's seat she looked at it and felt disgusted.
She had gotten surprisingly good marks, only having one mistake.
"Disgusting, lover-snatching wh-" she mumbled.
"What was that, Tsugumi-san?" Marika said suddenly, taking the paper from her hands.
"Oh no, nothing."
Tsugumi continued distributing the papers to the other students until she reached Chitoge's seat, and she was very happy with the results that her mistress had achieved.
"Amazing, Young Miss! Only one mistake!" She beamed at Chitoge.
"Thanks, Tsugumi!" Chitoge replied, closing her eyes and beaming back at her.
Of course Young Miss would receive such a great score, she's a genius!
She walked over to Onodera and handed her paper to her, she had a score of 83/100.
"Good work Kosaki!" Tsugumi said cheerfully.
"Well, it could've gone better but this is great!"
After giving the rest of the papers, the last one in her hand belonged to Raku. She scanned the paper and looked at his score.
62/100
How the hell is this idiot worthy of being Young Miss's boyfriend? He may be handsome but he's outright stupid! Wait… WHAT!?
Raku must've seen that she was getting flustered because he called her attention.
"Uh, Tsugumi?"
"Y-yes?" she replied, still blushing.
"You're holding my test paper pretty tightly," he said, looking at her hand, "Can I have it?"
"Oh- oh yeah, here. Just know that I'm very disappointed in y-" her sentence was cut off when she noticed that she pushed the paper out too hard and it was already on the ground.
And they were holding hands.
Yup, so that's part 1 of this chapter, the next should come along tomorrow.
I'm still sorry about having to cut it in half, but I really need to see if I should keep writing this, and I recently got Fallout 4 (damn Bethesda games and their playtime).
But anyways! I hope you enjoyed reading. Please review!